Table 1 Comparison of cohort characteristics by diagnostic group and inclusion in the proteomic analysis

From: The inflammatory path toward type 1 diabetes begins during pregnancy

  

Controls

Future T1D

  

Controls—no Olink

Controls—Olink

T1D—no Olink

T1D—Olink

  

Count (%) or Mean

Count (%)

p

Count (%) or Mean

Count (%)

p

Sex

Male

7889 (52.1%)

503 (47.5%)

0.004

12 (57.1%)

81 (55.5%)

0.886

Female

7251 (47.9%)

555 (52.5%)

 

9 (42.9%)

65 (44.5%)

 

The birth ended with a caesarean section

No

13669 (90.1%)

961 (90.8%)

0.447

16 (76.2%)

125 (85.6%)

0.265

Yes

1500 (9.9%)

97 (9.2%)

 

5 (23.8%)

21 (14.4%)

 

Week of delivery

39.7 ± 1.8

39.8 ± 1.7

0.501

38.4 ± 3.1

39.7 ± 1.6

0.118

Inheritance, T1D (mother)

No

15062 (99.3%)

1048 (99.1%)

0.373

19 (90.5%)

136 (93.2%)

0.657

Yes

107 (0.7%)

10 (0.9%)

 

2 (9.5%)

10 (6.8%)

 

Inheritance, T1D (father)

No

15009 (98.9%)

1043 (98.6%)

0.269

20 (95.2%)

134 (91.8%)

0.58

Yes

160 (1.1%)

15 (1.4%)

 

1 (4.8%)

12 (8.2%)

 

Smoking during 30–32 pregnancy weeks

non-smoker

4139 (90.2%)

255 (91.4%)

0.603

6 (85.7%)

38 (95%)

0.354

1–9 cig/day

350 (7.6%)

17 (6.1%)

 

1 (14.3%)

2 (5%)

 

10+ cig/day

99 (2.2%)

7 (2.5%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Vulnerability index score

0 = lowest

5830 (41.2%)

405 (40.9%)

0.345

6 (33.3%)

70 (49.3%)

0.598

1

5450 (38.5%)

362 (36.6%)

 

8 (44.4%)

52 (36.6%)

 

2

1937 (13.7%)

151 (15.3%)

 

3 (16.7%)

14 (9.9%)

 

3 = highest

926 (6.5%)

72 (7.3%)

 

1 (5.6%)

6 (4.2%)

 

Did you smoke during your pregnancy?

No

13132 (88.8%)

918 (88.9%)

0.977

17 (89.5%)

131 (91.6%)

0.756

Yes

1650 (11.2%)

115 (11.1%)

 

2 (10.5%)

12 (8.4%)

 

Severe life event during pregnancy

Yes

1379 (9.4%)

91 (8.9%)

0.608

2 (11.1%)

14 (9.7%)

0.852

No

13355 (90.6%)

934 (91.1%)

 

16 (88.9%)

130 (90.3%)

 

Did the mother have stomach flu during pregnancy?

Yes

4925 (33.6%)

323 (31.4%)

0.273

11 (57.9%)

56 (38.9%)

0.267

No

9395 (64.1%)

678 (65.9%)

 

8 (42.1%)

86 (59.7%)

 

Do not know

338 (2.3%)

28 (2.7%)

 

0 (0%)

2 (1.4%)

 

Education of mother

Low

1274 (8.6%)

89 (8.6%)

0.496

2 (10.5%)

13 (9%)

0.374

Medium

8783 (59.4%)

632 (61.2%)

 

15 (78.9%)

95 (66%)

 

High

4719 (31.9%)

312 (30.2%)

 

2 (10.5%)

36 (25%)

 

Education of father

Low

1965 (13.5%)

147 (14.5%)

0.319

5 (26.3%)

25 (17.5%)

0.105

Medium

8996 (61.8%)

638 (62.8%)

 

13 (68.4%)

79 (55.2%)

 

High

3594 (24.7%)

231 (22.7%)

 

1 (5.3%)

39 (27.3%)

 
  1. To evaluate whether the subset with Olink proteomic data is representative of the full cohort, cohort characteristics were compared between participants included and not included in the Olink analysis, stratified by T1D outcome. Chi-square and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests were used where appropriate. See also Supplementary Data 3.